Events around town

Photographs of BC and BU graduations, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Wendy Foster, Emily Rooney, Terry and James Gordon, Lord Hobo’s Matt Ralph, Marshall Ottina of Parlor Sports, Peter and Carolyn Lynch, John Henry and Linda Pizzuti Henry, Chris Rock,. and Celtics co-owner Steve Pagliuca

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  photograph by jim davis/globe staff

  ROCK ON: Comedian Chris Rock with Celtics co-owner Steve Pagliuca at a conference semifinals home game, TD Garden on May 21
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  photograph by bill brett

  HOME RUN: Philanthropists Peter and Carolyn Lynch with Red Sox owner John Henry and Linda Pizzuti Henry, hosts of a benefit at their home for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston, Brookline on May 19 HOME RUN: Philanthropists Peter and Carolyn Lynch with Red Sox owner John Henry and Linda Pizzuti Henry, hosts of a benefit at their home for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston, Brookline on May 19
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  photograph by erik jacobs

  ON THE BALL: Ondre Daniel of Allston and Gabriel Ajayi of Salem at the opening of a Newbury Street men’s boutique, Ball and Buck on May 17 ON THE BALL: Ondre Daniel of Allston and Gabriel Ajayi of Salem at the opening of a Newbury Street men’s boutique, Ball and Buck on May 17
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  photograph by yoon s. byun/globe staff

  SIGN LANGUAGE: A decorated mortarboard at Boston University’s commencement, Nickerson Field on May 20
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  photograph by joanne rathe/globe staff

  PARTING SHOT: A group of Boston College graduates lines up for a photograph before commencement ceremonies begin in Chestnut Hill, Alumni Stadium on May 21
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  photograph by erik jacobs

  TOP DOG: Lord Hobo chef Matt Ralph narrowly topped Marshall Ottina of Parlor Sports in a hot dog cook-off judged by the Somerville crowd, Parlor Sports on May 22
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  photograph by bill brett

  LIFE LESSON: The South Shore rallied around Terry and James Gordon at a Randolph fund-raiser to help their teen son James’s cancer fight, Lombardo’s Restaurant on May 17
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  photograph by david fox

  BIG DEAL: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay CEO Wendy Foster and Greater Boston’s Emily Rooney at the nonprofit’s Big of the Year celebration in Boston, Hynes Convention Center on May 17